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First Nations Technical Services Advisory Group A not-for-profit organization providing technical services & training to Alberta First Nations.

TSAG provides technical services and training for First Nations in Alberta such as asset management, water and wastewater management, environmental management, housing support services, fire safety, information technology services and rural addressing. TSAG is mandated by the Chiefs of Alberta and takes direction from a Chiefs Steering Committee and Board of Directors, which include representatives from Treaty 6, Treaty 7, and Treaty 8.

🏠🔋 HOW BATTERY SAFE IS YOUR HOME?As we recognize Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, take a few minutes to make your hom...
10/10/2026

🏠🔋 HOW BATTERY SAFE IS YOUR HOME?

As we recognize Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, take a few minutes to make your home safer.

This year’s message is simple:

🦸 Safe charging is a superpower — and everyone in the family can have it!

Try the TSAG Battery-Safe Home Challenge:

✅ Use the correct charger for each device.
✅ Charge devices on hard, flat surfaces.
✅ Unplug devices when fully charged.
✅ Keep charging devices off beds, couches and pillows.
✅ Watch for heat, swelling, leaking, strange smells, smoke or unusual sounds.
✅ When possible, charge larger items such as e-bikes, scooters and power tools outside.
✅ Never allow charging equipment to block your exit.
✅ Test your smoke alarms.
✅ Review your family’s home fire escape plan.

🔥 YOUR CALL TO ACTION:

Before Fire Prevention Week ends, gather your household and complete a 10-minute Battery & Fire Safety Walkthrough.

Ask the kids to help. Check every room. Find your charging stations. Test your alarms. Talk about your escape plan.

Then challenge another family in your community to do the same!

Fire prevention starts at home — and small actions can make a big difference.

🚨🔋 WOULD YOU KNOW IF A BATTERY WAS WARNING YOU?Sometimes a battery tells us something is wrong — we just need to know wh...
10/09/2026

🚨🔋 WOULD YOU KNOW IF A BATTERY WAS WARNING YOU?

Sometimes a battery tells us something is wrong — we just need to know what to look for.

During Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, learn the warning signs of a lithium-ion battery problem.

🛑 STOP USING A DEVICE if the battery or device:

🔥 Feels unusually hot
🎈 Starts swelling or changing shape
👃 Has a strange smell
💧 Begins leaking
💨 Starts smoking
👂 Makes popping or hissing sounds

A damaged or failing lithium-ion battery can overheat and start a fire.

Don’t ignore the warning signs.

👉 TODAY’S CALL TO ACTION:
Do a 5-minute Battery Safety Check around your home.

Check phones, tablets, laptops, rechargeable toys, power tools and other battery-powered devices for damage, swelling or excessive heat.

And while you’re at it — test your smoke alarms. 🚨

A safer home can start with five minutes.

🔌⚡ CHEAP CHARGER? DON’T CHANCE IT.That bargain charger might save a few dollars — but is it designed for your device?For...
10/08/2026

🔌⚡ CHEAP CHARGER? DON’T CHANCE IT.

That bargain charger might save a few dollars — but is it designed for your device?

For Fire Prevention Week 2026, we’re talking about one of the easiest ways to make your home battery safer: use the right charger.

🔥 Use the cord and charger supplied with your device or one approved by the manufacturer.

🔥 When buying battery-powered products, look for products listed by a recognized testing laboratory such as CSA, UL or ETL.

🔥 Replace damaged, frayed or questionable charging equipment.

🔥 Follow the manufacturer’s charging instructions.

Lithium-ion batteries store a lot of energy in a small space. Using the wrong charger can damage the battery and increase the risk of fire.

👉 TODAY’S CALL TO ACTION: DO A CHARGER CHECK!

Grab that drawer or basket full of mystery charging cords we all seem to have. 😅

Check which chargers actually belong to your devices and replace questionable or damaged ones.

Know your charger. Charge safely. Protect your home. 🏠🔥

Sawridge First Nation — we’re coming your way today!As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we’r...
10/08/2026

Sawridge First Nation — we’re coming your way today!
As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we’re heading out to meet with the Sawridge First Nation team to review and discuss the findings from this year’s E-ACRS inspections.
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire Sawridge First Nation team for welcoming TSAG and working alongside us throughout this year’s inspection process. The time, knowledge, cooperation, and support your team provides makes a tremendous difference and allows us to complete this work successfully.
One of the best parts of E-ACRS is getting to spend time with the people behind the infrastructure we inspect. We see firsthand the dedication and hard work that goes into maintaining facilities, addressing challenges, supporting essential services, and ensuring the spaces your students, staff, and communities rely on every day are safe, functional, and well cared for.
That work matters, and the dedication of your team does not go unnoticed.
E-ACRS is much more than inspections, numbers, and reports. It is about sitting down together, having meaningful conversations, recognizing the great work already happening, identifying priorities, and ensuring infrastructure needs are properly documented to help support future planning and investment.
Thank you, Sawridge First Nation, for your continued partnership, hospitality, and trust in TSAG. We’re looking forward to another great day of collaboration, conversation, and working together!
Sawridge First Nation — see you soon!

🛏️📱 YOUR BED IS NOT A CHARGING STATION!We’ve all done it — plugged in the phone beside us and left it sitting on the bed...
10/07/2026

🛏️📱 YOUR BED IS NOT A CHARGING STATION!

We’ve all done it — plugged in the phone beside us and left it sitting on the bed, couch or maybe even under a pillow.

During Fire Prevention Week, October 4–10, TSAG is joining NFPA in reminding everyone that safe charging is a superpower! 🔋🦸

Phones, tablets, laptops and their chargers naturally create heat while charging. Soft surfaces like beds, pillows and couches can trap that heat and restrict airflow.

🔥 MAKE YOUR HOME BATTERY SAFE:
Charge devices on a hard, flat surface such as a table, desk or bare floor.

And when your device is fully charged? Unplug it. 🔌

👉 TODAY’S CALL TO ACTION:
Check every bedroom tonight. Move phones, tablets and laptops being charged on beds, couches or pillows to a hard, flat surface.

Bonus points if you get the kids involved and make them the Battery Safety Inspectors for your home! 🔎🔋

Chipewyan Prairie First Nation — we’re coming your way today!As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, t...
10/07/2026

Chipewyan Prairie First Nation — we’re coming your way today!
As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we’re heading out to meet with the Chipewyan Prairie First Nation team to review and discuss the findings from this year’s E-ACRS inspections.
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire Chipewyan Prairie First Nation team for welcoming TSAG and working alongside us throughout this year’s inspection process. The time, knowledge, cooperation, and support your team provides makes a tremendous difference and allows us to complete this work successfully.
One of the best parts of E-ACRS is getting to spend time with the people behind the infrastructure we inspect. We see firsthand the dedication and hard work that goes into maintaining facilities, addressing challenges, supporting essential services, and ensuring the spaces your students, staff, and communities rely on every day are safe, functional, and well cared for.
That work matters, and the dedication of your team does not go unnoticed.
E-ACRS is much more than inspections, numbers, and reports. It is about sitting down together, having meaningful conversations, recognizing the great work already happening, identifying priorities, and ensuring infrastructure needs are properly documented to help support future planning and investment.
Thank you, Chipewyan Prairie First Nation, for your continued partnership, hospitality, and trust in TSAG. We’re looking forward to another great day of collaboration, conversation, and working together!
Chipewyan Prairie First Nation — see you soon!

🔥🔋 IT’S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK! | OCTOBER 4–10, 2026 🔋🔥This year’s NFPA theme is “Charge into Fire Safety™: Safe Charging ...
10/07/2026

🔥🔋 IT’S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK! | OCTOBER 4–10, 2026 🔋🔥

This year’s NFPA theme is “Charge into Fire Safety™: Safe Charging Is a Superpower!”

Think about how many rechargeable devices are in your home right now — phones, tablets, laptops, headphones, gaming devices, power tools, toys, e-bikes and more.

Lithium-ion batteries make everyday life easier, but how we buy, use and charge them matters.

🦸 USE YOUR CHARGING SUPERPOWER:
⚡ Use the charger or cord that came with your device, or one approved by the manufacturer.
⚡ Charge devices on a hard, flat surface.
⚡ Unplug devices once they are fully charged.
⚡ Keep charging devices away from beds, couches, pillows and other materials that can trap heat.
⚡ Make sure your home has working smoke alarms and a fire escape plan.

👉 TODAY’S CHALLENGE: Walk through your home and count how many rechargeable devices your family uses. Then check where and how they’re being charged.

One small change could make your home safer!!

Fire Departments all around are teaming up with NFPA to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week™, October 4-10, Charge ...
10/06/2026

Fire Departments all around are teaming up with NFPA to promote this year’s Fire Prevention Week™, October 4-10, Charge into Fire Safety™:

Safe Charging Is a Superpower.

Help us spread the word that everyday actions can help prevent lithium-ion battery fires. Use your charging superpower by making smart choices every time you plug in. For more info: fpw.org.

Fort McKay First Nation — we’re coming your way today!As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we...
10/06/2026

Fort McKay First Nation — we’re coming your way today!
As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we’re heading out to meet with the Fort McKay First Nation team to review and discuss the findings from this year’s E-ACRS inspections.
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire Fort McKay First Nation team for welcoming TSAG and working alongside us throughout this year’s inspection process. The time, knowledge, cooperation, and support your team provides makes a tremendous difference and allows us to complete this work successfully.
One of the best parts of E-ACRS is getting to spend time with the people behind the infrastructure we inspect. We see firsthand the dedication and hard work that goes into maintaining facilities, addressing challenges, supporting essential services, and ensuring the spaces your students, staff, and communities rely on every day are safe, functional, and well cared for.
That work matters, and the dedication of your team does not go unnoticed.
E-ACRS is much more than inspections, numbers, and reports. It is about sitting down together, having meaningful conversations, recognizing the great work already happening, identifying priorities, and ensuring infrastructure needs are properly documented to help support future planning and investment.
Thank you, Fort McKay First Nation, for your continued partnership, hospitality, and trust in TSAG. We’re looking forward to another great day of collaboration, conversation, and working together!
Fort McKay First Nation — see you soon!

Fort McMurray First Nation — we’re coming your way today!As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today...
10/06/2026

Fort McMurray First Nation — we’re coming your way today!
As we continue our travels to reconnect with our Nations, today we’re heading out to meet with the Fort McMurray First Nation team to review and discuss the findings from this year’s E-ACRS inspections.
We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the entire Fort McMurray First Nation team for welcoming TSAG and working alongside us throughout this year’s inspection process. The time, knowledge, cooperation, and support your team provides makes a tremendous difference and allows us to complete this work successfully.
One of the best parts of E-ACRS is getting to spend time with the people behind the infrastructure we inspect. We see firsthand the dedication and hard work that goes into maintaining facilities, addressing challenges, supporting essential services, and ensuring the spaces your students, staff, and communities rely on every day are safe, functional, and well cared for.
That work matters, and the dedication of your team does not go unnoticed.
E-ACRS is much more than inspections, numbers, and reports. It is about sitting down together, having meaningful conversations, recognizing the great work already happening, identifying priorities, and ensuring infrastructure needs are properly documented to help support future planning and investment.
Thank you, Fort McMurray First Nation, for your continued partnership, hospitality, and trust in TSAG. We’re looking forward to another great day of collaboration, conversation, and working together!
Fort McMurray First Nation — see you soon!

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18232-102 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB
T5S1S7

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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

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